Colorado State, Air Force and Northern Colorado are not expected to win road football games Saturday.

But each program is assured a monetary victory.

All three schools are financial beneficiaries of Power-Five nonconference scheduling this week — CSU at Alabama, Air Force at Michigan, and UNC at the University of Colorado — in a trade-off between unfavorable odds on the field and a contractual payout. Combined, the respective in-state athletic departments are set to benefit at the tune of $3.15 million.

CSU (2-1) will receive the largest total, $1.5 million, for traveling to Tuscaloosa as part of a two-game agreement with Alabama. The Rams also played at Bryant-Denny Stadium in 2013, falling 31-6. The 2017 Crimson Tide opened as 28.5-point favorites this year.

Air Force (1-0) will get $1.3 million to face Michigan in Ann Arbor, and the Falcons opened as 27-point underdogs. The teams last met in 2012 when Michigan won narrowly at home, 31-25.

UNC (1-0) gets $350,000 for a trip to Boulder just one week after the Bears’ road test at Florida was cancelled due to Hurricane Irma — where UNC was set to earn $625,000 as an SEC appetizer. No makeup date has been scheduled.

All three programs rely on nonconference scheduling agreements to help fund general athletic department operations, none more heavily than UNC of the Big Sky Conference (FCS). UNC Athletic Director Darren Dunn told The Denver Post on Wednesday that he has yet to finalize a modified financial agreement with Florida, but Gators’ athletic director Scott Stricklin told The Gainesville Sun last week that UNC “has been a great partner. We’re going to take care of them.”

“I think at the right time we’ll work with Florida officials to determine a resolution,” Dunn said.